The Poetry Corner

Nursery Rhyme. XLVI. Tales.

By Unknown

[The tale of Simple Simon forms one of the chap-books, but the following verses are those generally sung in the nursery.] Simple Simon met a pieman Going to the fair; Says Simple Simon to the pieman, "Let me taste your ware." Says the pieman to Simple Simon, "Show me first your penny." Says Simple Simon to the pieman, "Indeed I have not any." Simple Simon went a fishing For to catch a whale: All the water he had got Was in his mother's pail.